an outbreak. "racing to a cure", prince the world be the behe toing p nm curate virus? case dismissed: the president celebrates after an appeals court drops the charges against his first national security advisor, but is the case against michael flynn really over? firecracker crackdown: the dangerous new trend, illegal fireworks set off in neighborhoods nationwide, one child burned while watching from his window, a homeless man lit on fire. tonight, what's being done to stop it. and fired up: the four women who made firefighting history just by doing their job. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us.

we want to begin tonight with some breaking news. a stuny and dramatic new peak in cases of coronavirus, throwing parts of the country back into the darkest days of the pandemic. tonight and risking months of progress in the fight against infeions sce aprwit tens othousands of new ca in thsoand west. i.c.u. beds in hospitals are now reaching capacity in florida, texas, and arizona. and confirmed cases are rising in more than half of the country, forcing the governors of texas and california to threaten reimposing lockdowns. north carolina says it's now pausing its reopening, and in a stunning move, new york governor andrew cuomo, along with the governors of new jersey and connecticut, say they'll now fine anyone visiting from a covid hot spot that doesn't isolate for two weeks. the coronavirus has now killed 122,000 nationwide, and there are more than 2.3 million

confirmed cases in the u.s. on wall street today, a concern that a resurgence of the virus will stall any possible economic recovery sent stocks diving, with the dow dropping more than 700 points. there's a lot of news breaking tonight, and our team of correspondents is standing by to cover it all. cbs' manuel bojorquez is going to lead off our coverage tonight from miami. good evening, manny. >> reporter: good evening, norah. the latest numbers show that in florida's most populous county, right here, miami-dade, nearly one out of every five people who tested for covid-19 came back positive. the surge of new infections across the south and west is prompting states where cases are down to take action. new york, new jersey, and connecticut issued travel advisories today, requiring visitors from nine states, about 92 million americans, to self-quarantine for 14 days or risk in new york up to a $10,000 fine. >> we also have to make sure the virus doesn't come in on a plane

again. learned that lesson, been there, done that. >> reporter: the order doesn't include california, which today reported more than 7,000 new cases, its largest single-day rise. that's 69% higher than just two days ago. governor gavin newsom said he's prepared to reverse the state's reopening if necessary. >> we begin to reopen our households and we begin to go back to our old ways and our old habits. a consequence is we are spreading this virus. >> reporter: in houston, the picture is increasingly dire. the city's i.c.u. beds are at 97% capacity, according to the mayor. and cbs news has learned that if the pace continues, houston's largest medical facility will run out of i.c.u. space in just four days. and texas governor greg abbott was forced to issue new guidance for texas childcare centers, after a spike in child and staff cases. breann nash and her daughter had to be tested in houston after

infections forced their daycare center to temporarily close. >> it was nerve-racking because we all think we're far away from this, and i don't think we really are. so, definitely, is kind of a wake-up call. >> reporter: florida set another daily record for new covid-19 cases, more than 5500, a surge of new cases caused homestead hospital, south of miami, to reach capacity tuesday, and redirect patients to other hospitals. in arizona, i.c.u. bed were nearly 90% full, and the number of covid patients on ventilators hit a record high. phoenix doctor murtaza akhter said the state needs to reconsider new stay-at-home orders. >> in the last week and a half i've had zero negative covid tests, which i know sounds crazy, but everybody i test is positive. i think there are a lot of people who are transmitting the disease. >> reporter: do you feel that it's time to enforce lockdowns again? >> just as a scientist and just as a physician, lockdown would be the way of stopping the transmission of disease. >> reporter: five golfers have

pulled out of a p.g.a. tour event, the traip, due to concers about the coronavirus. and the new york city marathon, the world's largest, has been canceled. late this afternoon, miami-dade county announced that it will begin to send teams into some of the hardest hit neighborhoods to go door to door and talk to people about social distancing, as well as handing out masks and hand sanitizer. norah. >> o'donnell: manuel bojorquez, thank you. tonight the white house says president trump will go forward with plans to visit new jersey this weekend, this despite that new order requiring anyone who has been in states with a spike in cases to quarantine for 14 days. remember, the president was in one of those states, arizona, on tuesday. cbs' paula reid is at the white house for us tonight. good evening, paula. >> reporter: good evening, norah. the president has largely ignored the persistent threat posed by coronavirus, but as the number of cases continues to climb, his poll numbers are on the decline.

the white house had not hosted a foreign leader since the start of the coronavirus. president trump and his polish counter-part did not wear masks or socially distance and there was little discussion of the virus' resurgence in the u.s., only a promise from the president that a vaccine would arrive soon. >> a beautiful surprise, sooner than anybody would think. >> reporter: the president has routinely dismissed the virus as something that will fade away ons own, even without a vaccine, and praises his own response to the crisis. >> it's one of the reasons we did so well, before the plague, and we're doing so well after the plague. it's going away. >> reporter: the explosion of cases in recent days has taken a toll on the president's poll numbers, where he trails joe biden by 14 points, and nearly six in 10 voters disapprove of the president's handling of the pandemic. >> instead of leading the charge to defeat the virus, he just basically waved a white flag and has retreated. >> reporter: in an effort to

really his base, president trump said he will sign an executive order this week targeting those who tear down or deface historic statues. >> they're looking at abraham lincoln, thomas jefferson,not going to happen. >> reporter: 400 national guard from washington, d.c. have now been activated to protect the city's monuments after protesters set their sights on several statues this week, including andrew jackson in lafayette park, just outside the white house. those national guard here in washington are not yet out on the streets. they will be deployed in groups of 100 to protect specific monuments and statues as needed. norah. >> o'donnell: paula reid, thank you. today, a federal appeals court ordered an immediate end to the case against michael flynn, president trump's first national security advisor. it comes as governor prosecutors accuse the attorney general of doing the president's bidding and improperly interfering in their cases. nancy cordes is on capitol hill

tonight. good evening, nancy. >> reporter: norah, we witnessed something new today: two current d.o.j. attorneys testifying here about their boss, accusing him of abusing his power to help the president. it comes on the same day that barr secured a controversial legal victory. president trump hailed the appeals court ruling, which ordered an end to the case against michael flynn, despite his two guilty pleas for perjury. >> i want to congratulate him. he's been through a lot. >> reporter: the ruling capped a month-long effort by attorney general william barr to get the case dismissed. >> william barr poses the greatest threat in my lifetime to our rule of law. >> reporter: barr's leadership was the subject of an explosive hearing today. >> there's no rules about when you can make noise. >> reporter: testifying remotely, assistant u.s. attorney aaron zelinsky said his team was pressured to recommend a lighter sentence for longtime trump ally roger stone. >> and what were you told could happen to you if you refused to

go along with this lower recommendation? >> we were told that we could be fired. >> reporter: d.o.j. lawyer john elias said his antitrust unit was ordered to investigate automakers one day after the president complained about them on twitter. >> personal dislike of an industry is not a valid basis upon which to ground an antitrust investigation. >> reporter: republicans defended barr. >> he's cleaning up the mess of the previous administration. >> reporter: but democrats argued it's part of a pattern, pointing to barr's recent firing of a u.s. attorney overseeing truch-related cases. >> he has a personal belief that the president should be above the law. >> reporter: former deputy attorney general donald ayer: >> the drumbeat of his misbehavior is accelerating as we get closer to the election. >> reporter: barr has insisted he took all of these actions on his own because he thought they were right and without consulting with the president. he has repeatedly refused to testify about all this, but

today announced that he will go before congress in a month. norah. >> o'donnell: that will be must-see tv. nancy cordes, thank you. today, a grand jury in georgia handed up indictments in the death of ahmau ahmaud arbery. the 25-year-oebruary while jo thgh a neigod.e tree n charge the case, travis mcmichael, gregory mcmichael, and william bryan, each face nine counts, including felony murder. fourth of july is still a week away, but fierkszs and noise complaints are exploding across the country. calls about the loud light shows are rising, and people and pets are scared. here's cbs' mola lenghi. >> reporter: from ceft to coast, more and more people are taking to the streets launching fireworks to the sky. for many, these nightly displays have become an increasing nuisance and dangerous. in new york city, a three-year-old boy suffered first- and second-degree burns inside his apartment after fireworks shot through his

window. ( screaming ) this week, mayor bill de blasio launched a task force in new york city targeting illegal fireworks. >> there will be all sorts oen-, sting operations-- finding where the supply is and cutting it it off at the knees. >> reporter: cities nationwide have seen a surge in complaints. new york city 911 calls about illegal fireworks shot up more than 1,200% from last year. in boston, they rose by more than 5500%. and in pasadena, california, there was a roughly 481% increase. sergeant keith gomez is part of pasadena's new firework enforcement patrol. >> we don't want people to unnecessarily burn down their home, burn down their neighbor's home. >> reporter: firework retailers say consumer sales have surged recently, while bulk sales to professionals have tanked as the coronavirus has caused cities nationwide to either cancel or scale back large public july 4 chose shoez.

norah. >> o'donnell: mola lenghi tonight. thank you. nascar's bubba wallace says he's relieved he wasn't targeted in a hate crime. federal investigators said the noose found in his garage before monday's race in alabama had been there for months and wasn't directed at him. he told "cbs this morning" he's frustrated some people believe the whole thing was was a hoax. >> i'm being tested each and every day throughout thiz th whole matter, whether it's right, wrong, or indifferent, you know, that's how life is. people want to dethrone you from the pedestal that you're on when you have a platform and when you have a voice. >> o'donnell: wallace used that voice to call for the ban on confederate flags at nascar events. he says he'll keep fighting for what he believes is ht. toy, britain's prince william went to oxford university to speak with patients taking part in trials of a promising coronavirus vaccine, but with cases of covid fading in

england, tonight, researchers in south africa, where there are many more people sick, are volunteering for testing. cbs' debora patta reports on this new phase of the vaccine as we to a cure." >> reporter: this humble clinic in soweto could be one of the world's best hopes for a cure for covid-19. as infection rates plummet in the u.k., oxford scientists are looking overseas to test their vaccine. behind me are the first south african volunteers in the oxford trial. they're sitting, waiting patiently in the winter sun to receive the experimental vaccine and for the most part, they say they're excited to be part of history. like 27-year-old khensani nkuna. >> i'm willing to give the chance because it might save lives. >> reporter: despite a recent lockdown and teams of contact tracers track down infected patients, cases continue to surge here.

and professor shabir madhi, who is leading the trial of 2,000 volunteers, says south africa is still about eight weeks away froms peak. >> only way that you're going to be able to break the back of this pandemic is by getting a vaccine, a vaccine in as early as possible to get at least a significant percentage of the population vaccinated. so we're hoping to possibly get the result as soon as before this is my body of proof. proof i can fight moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis.

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we hope to see you right back here tomorrow. stay safe, and dpnt. this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm chip reid reporting from did cbs studios in washington. thanks for staying with us. john bolton's tell-all book about the trump white house sits atop the bestseller list on am zop, and pie ratted editions are all over the internet. the book is packed with disturbing allegations and perhaps most troubling is bolton's opinion that if president trump loses the november election he just might refuse to leave off.

the former national security advisor discussed this and other topics with norah o'donnell. >> announcer: you labeled the president of the united states a danger to the republic. that's quite a charming. how is he dangerous? >> i think in the national security field his decision making is not anchored in any diserble philosophy. he has no grand strategy. >> reporter: you left office nine months ago ychlt wait so long to threat country know that? >> well, i think it's important to try and explain what i saw in as comprehensive a fashion as i could. >> o'donnell: you've been called a liar. the secretary of state mike pompeo said he was leaving or he'd twist things or lead lie. >> i think his department was the ace of as in the government for leaking things. he has made a decision, which is

certainly his to make, to tie his political future to donald trump, i think that's what he continues to do. i feel sorry for him for doing that, but obviously not going to change his mind. >> how would you compare the trump white house to previous mpgss you worked in? >> i had never seen anything like it. when you go out sailing and saying we'll know where we're going when we get there, that's where it can be dangerous for the country. >> on north korea, president trump is the first to sit with a north crane leader. he touts this as a foreign policy success. is it a success? >> no. it's a maup fest failure. donald trump doesn't confer jilt si on the other side, don't give them anything. i think that's dead wrong. countries all over the world retunned that he was

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